HBOGO - what happened?

[Doe Be Doe]

Can someone explain what happened to HBOGO? Last night I watched it on Roku. Tonight it says this channel is no longer available. What gives?

 

Thanks for any info.

[Kevin Slater]

Here, let me google that for you.

 

https://www.cnet.com/news/hbo-max-hbo-go-roku-and-fire-tv-you-in-the-crossfire/

 

Kevin Slater

[Doe Be Doe]

Thanks, Kevin. Much appreciated.

 

For some reason I am finding it hard to understand this situation. Am I correct in thinking that to have access to all of HBO's offerings I will need the app HBO Max? But it is not yet offered on Roku, which service I use? I'll have to pay the monthly fee for it so what's the point of having HBO through my cable company? The last bit is interesting. Are Showtime and Cinemax et al going to move to apps? Is this another stage in the end of cable?

 

Thanks.

[big-n-tall]

Thanks, Kevin. Much appreciated.

 

For some reason I am finding it hard to understand this situation. Am I correct in thinking that to have access to all of HBO's offerings I will need the app HBO Max? But it is not yet offered on Roku, which service I use? I'll have to pay the monthly fee for it so what's the point of having HBO through my cable company? The last bit is interesting. Are Showtime and Cinemax et al going to move to apps? Is this another stage in the end of cable?

 

Thanks.

 

Because there is a dispute (monetary/licensing) between the companies. When that dispute is resolved the app will back on roku.

So yes, you’ll need to get hbo Max to view hbo content as they are killing all their subsidiary apps and consolidating the service under the one app.

 

Some people can get hbo Max for free depending on the cable provider. For instance, if you have cable, internet, or a phone plan through at&t you could definitely get hbo Max for free. You just won’t be able to stream it through roku until whatever issues are resolved between the 2 companies.

 

some people are pissed that in effect hbo is forcing customers who have hbo cable and use hbo go to pay for a separate hbo service.

[Doe Be Doe]

Thanks. It does seem silly to pay for HBO as part of cable and pay also for the app. I’ll see how long it takes Roku to resolve the issue and then whether I can get HBO Max through Spectrum.

[caliguy]

I also get the hbogo on my roku. I just downloaded HBOmax on my samsung tv. I can't imagine roku without HBO for too long though.

[Kevin Slater]

Some workarounds:

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/watch-hbo-max-roku-amazon-120011117.html

 

Kevin Slater

[big-n-tall]

HboMax and Roku finally struck a deal...

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/530564-hbo-max-strikes-deal-to-become-available-to-subscribers-on-roku

[+ poolboy48220]

HboMax and Roku finally struck a deal...

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/530564-hbo-max-strikes-deal-to-become-available-to-subscribers-on-roku

Is this done? The article (from yesterday) says "starting Thursday", but I'm not seeing HBO Max as an option on my Roku just now.

[big-n-tall]

Is this done? The article (from yesterday) says "starting Thursday", but I'm not seeing HBO Max as an option on my Roku just now.

 

So I just checked my roku enabled smart TV. It’s not in the initial tv line up. However, when I looked under the “Recommended” channel section, there was the HBO Max icon. I just added it to the tv.

[+ poolboy48220]

Just tried that on mine, and HBO Max takes me to the normal HBO channel. I'll give them a day or two to straighten out the kinks.

[Eggman]

HAPPY TO SAY THAT HBO Max IS NOW AVAILABLE ON ROKU. I DOWNLOADED IT THIS MORNING.

[+ poolboy48220]

I got it working on my Roku midday yesterday too! Took some fiddling, at one point I went into my Roku options & downloaded a new update.

[+ Lucky]

What does it cost?

[hrlmguy]

Thanks for this update guys!!

[+ poolboy48220]

What does it cost?

Don't know. I have a subscription by virtue of having HBO included in my cable package; my big hurdle was finding a device I could play it on. I don't like watching TV on my computer.